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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/124</dc:identifier><dc:title>Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision for grants and other assistance for housing purposes and about action in relation to unfit housing; to amend the law relating to construction contracts and architects; to provide grants and other assistance for regeneration and development and in connection with clearance areas; to amend the provisions relating to home energy efficiency schemes; to make provision in connection with the dissolution of urban development corporations, housing action trusts and the Commission for the New Towns; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:date>1996-07-24</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-10-12</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-10-05</dct:valid>
					
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          <CommentaryRef Ref="c11254491"/>Part III</Number><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/part/III/crossheading/miscellaneous" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/53/part/III/crossheading/miscellaneous" NumberOfProvisions="3" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="1997-04-01" Match="false" id="part-III-crossheading-miscellaneous" RestrictEndDate="1997-07-21"><Title> Miscellaneous</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="1997-04-01" Match="false" RestrictEndDate="1997-07-21"><Title> The Education Fund.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/124" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/53/section/124" id="section-124"><Pnumber>124</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/124/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/53/section/124/1" id="section-124-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>No fees received under the 1931 Act shall be credited to the Architects’ Registration Council Education Fund (“<Term id="term-the-fund">the Fund</Term>”) constituted under the <CommentaryRef Ref="c11254551"/>Architects Registration (Amendment) Act 1969 (“<Term id="term-the-1969-act">the 1969 Act</Term>”).</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/124/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/53/section/124/2" id="section-124-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Board may transfer the assets of the Fund to such person and on such terms as may be approved by the Secretary of State.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/124/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/53/section/124/3" id="section-124-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A person to whom the assets of the Fund are transferred under subsection (2) shall apply the assets, and all income arising from the assets, for the purposes authorised in subsection (4) of section 1 of the 1969 Act (assuming for this purpose that the reference in that subsection to the Council were a reference to the person to whom the assets of the Fund are transferred).</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c11254491" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c01383" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/53/section/118" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/53/section/125" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-118" EndSectionRef="section-125">Ss. 118-125</CitationSubRef> (Pt. III) repealed (21.7.1997) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/22" id="c01384" Year="1997" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="22">1997 c. 22</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01385" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/22/section/27" CitationRef="c01384" SectionRef="section-27">s. 27</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c01386" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/22/schedule/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01384" SectionRef="schedule-3">Sch. 3</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c01387" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/22/schedule/2" CitationRef="c01384" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1672" id="c01388" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1997" Number="1672">S.I. 1997/1672</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01389" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1672/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01388" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c11254551" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/42" id="c01982" Year="1969" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="42">1969 c. 42</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>